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Teen Escapes Harm to Pursue Dream of Being a Firefighter

Maryville Teen Escapes Harm to Pursue Dream of Being a Firefighter

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Flat on her back and strapped to a gurney after another of her episodes, Shelby Williams opened her eyes and gazed into her future.

 

“I want to be a firefighter,” says Shelby, a 19-year-old special-education student at Cornerstone Academy in Streamwood and resident of Maryville’s Casa Salama home……..

 

To read this entire article at dailyherald.com, click here.

 


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